Life / Have many Poles had enough of one another? [198]


Pip I think Seanus is talking about life in a small country town, not in a major city. People may view Seanus as some sort of rich guy etc, where money is no problem...

Life / Have many Poles had enough of one another? [198]


Seanus, you are having a cheap shot at the Poles, one fully understands the average Pole earning the basic wage and then having salt rubbed in by the likes of you (no offence) they see people from GB and Ireland walking around with fist full of zlotes and they ask the question why they have and I not have... I can understand the mood of the day... Everyone is happy when the have a belly load of booze and plenty of good food, car, house and money.... get the point?

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


In Poland negative gearing, well King Sobieski!!! You miss the point, you cannot include business loss with personal income... In Poland homes/apartments are NOT increasing... if you borrow say Zlote 400,000, interest say approx 25,000 zlote, income from property 24,000 zlote, you come out even, but property is no increasing, you still have to pay for repair to property, you still come out at a loss... I make the point that Properties in Poland in the last 2 years have lost a lot of value.

Law / Permanent Residence in Polska: procedures, list of documents, etc. [59]


No sane person relies on the Polish medical system, you need private cover!

Law / Permanent Residence in Polska: procedures, list of documents, etc. [59]


Mr D once again where do you come across a figure of 220zl a month for private insurance???

News / HIV infected Nigerian has bitten bus ticket's controler in Cracow! [56]

[quote=grubas]It seems all of them Africans are HIV holders.Poland has to close the borders for them immidiatelly!

Grubas With so many people leaving Poland we need more Africans in Poland.

UK, Ireland / Worst of the worst Poles emigrating to Britain? [32]

What about the British/Irish low lifes who disgrace themselves in Poland??? A few always spoil for others..

Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

The worse types of thefts are from building sites, bricks, cement, anything not pinned down is gone the next day. oops the worst theft is the stealing of toilet paper at hotels etc..

News / Andrzej Lepper committed suicide [98]

Lepper was a colorful Polish politican who had a similiar style to the famous Russian politic Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Lepper was a old communist thug who changed his beliefs after the fall of communism, like all of the communist who became overnight capitalist and then continued robbing the system. Lepper was good at making promises, and playing to public opinion. Sorry about his death, but people who live by the sword in classical style die by the sword. It will probally all come out in the wash when we find out what was behind it.

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]


Thanks for your post, you suggest that a lot of people in Poland earn 18000zl a month (216000zl a year)..well I'm scratching my head and thinking where are these people, I doubt if the President earns that sort of money.. it seems to me that only forum members boost of earning this sort of money..lol

whether you shop at Alma gourmet or biedronka for a pound of sugar I don't think it makes much difference. Lets come down to ground level and agree that most poles earn around the 3000zl mark (gross) and can only dream about earning any more... Can I ask you where you shop LK?

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]


LwowskaKrakow.... 4000$us about 11000 a month (pensioners get about 900zl) hmmm How much would you need to have a deluxe way of life???? ta

UK, Ireland / Deed Poll - do I need an attorney to sign it? [8]


Olaf that is incorrect, stop misleading people who want advice... If you have a pesel number all you need is to fill out a application stating you have changed your name stating the reasons why..this will be endorsed on your pesel... good luck

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

yes of course. I have lost so much money in Polish real estate, that money invested in Banks give better return.. The problem I had with renting properties was that payment was not on time and the damage to my properties.. there is no capital property growth in Poland..

Work / English teaching job offer in a medium Polish town. Is the salary sufficient? [30]


Mr D you are at it again, what nonsense you talk, 2000zl a month is like a pee in the ocean! I don't think anybody in there right mind would come to Poland for 2000zl a month. If you take away rent and food you will have very little change... Mr D I don't think you would work for 2000zl a month so please don't impose this on other people. Ps living in a major town or country town the bills are the same.. ie gas/ food/petrol/water/electricity.

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]

you must be pretty wet behind the ears if you carn't work it out..you don't have to be boy genius to work it out that things are bad in europe at the moment. Poland will not be buffered from the economic downturn.. or are you suggesting that there is gold in polish soil. Lets not kid ourselves that a lot of people who purchased properties in the last couple of years have had there fingers burnt.

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]


Good idea... work out what type of apartment and location you like and if you are cashed up the sky is the limit.. as I mentioned in my previous post a big question mark hangs around the european financial markets and it may well mean that some properties will crash in the next couple of years.. Beware of people on this forum who masquerade as small time investors who in fact are in the business of selling land and properties. They have been wrong in the past as they will be wrong in the future.

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]


Harry I was talking about a loan for 500,000zl plus.... 53,000 is peanuts... I bet the interest rate was about 22%?

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]


I don't think they will fall so much, however the talk around town is that Germany may be facing financial problems at the moment, this is behind problems in Italy, America is bankrupt. I cannot see real estate in Poland increasing much in the future...(that is my opinion) btw just look how hard it is to get a loan from a Polish bank at the moment and if they lend its only for small amounts...

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Hmm this is a cheap type of beer made by the Carlsberg Brewery....Give Lech a go and you will be surprised how good it is.... cheers

Real Estate / Foreign investor, properties in Poland, walk away from mortgages? [209]

[quote=hague1cmaeron]Poland is expected to grow by some 4% this year, so it's not going to go into recession anytime soon, despite what is happening in Greece, the EU is still in upward recovery mode.

This is the same advice people were given years ago, everything is going hanky dory and just buy up...hmmm no thanks

Real Estate / Foreign investor, properties in Poland, walk away from mortgages? [209]


I understand where you are coming from.... I would argue that if the banks were prepared to give you a loan they should be prepared to wear the consequences... It seems to me that you borrowed almost the full amount?

It seems to me that the property market has bottomed and looks to remains such for some time. To get a bank loan for 50,000zl is easy but for amounts much higher you need secure well paid employment.

Life / Moving to Krakow and in need of advice and pointers. [18]


This is a common problem with teachers from Ireland, they think because they can say a few words in English, they can then teach the language, those days are gone...Jack have you thought about setting up a bed and breakfast type of accommodation, give teaching a miss.

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]


Yours is a good post, thats right the jews owned the buildings and the poles the streets, if the muslims were the jews in this example the muslims would have been disliked. I's ok to dislike the arabs/british/us etc but its a no no to dislike the jews, political correctness is it.

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]


Lol, this is just nonsense talk, talk from a person who doesn't know what he is talking about, why would a polish person hold a grudge agaisnt the jews.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

Antek, I think you are all over the place in your arguments, firstly a lot of people in other countries took their own life as a result of the economic downturn what has this got to do with Hungary being poor, you say Poland survived the economic crisis ... so what... the banks didn't lend money full stop. There are rich people in Hungary as there are poor, more than likely the same percentage as in Poland.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Seems to me Antek that you have a attitude problem,like a chip on your shoulder, I admire you for being a firm supporter of Poland, peoples opinion on issues under discussion vary and no person is trying to be anti Poland, suggest you have a cold shower before you post.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


let me just say that toilet cleaners earn more money than you...and by the way why pick on toilet cleaners? and this brings me to why people have to pay money to use a toilet in Poland??? thats why you always notice a strange smell near bus stops etc....Poland is very much poor in that regard.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

Another Polish debt...you might to tell me where your students will find work and what are the costs associated with this course..

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Now you understand that Polish degrees are sometimes not worth the paper there written on.


Perhaps you might want to enlighten your readers and tell them why !!

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Monia your comments don't reflect published ratings of Best Universities in the World, Poland is not on the board!!!
Don't doubt Poland has a high standard of education, The point I was trying to make that where one is education is his trade mark for the future. Education is no the issue in Poland, its more a question of wages, so people would not have to go elsewhere ie Germany.